ENROLLED
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 244
BY REPRESENTATIVES ECHOLS AND CHASSION
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice, or a
subcommittee thereof, to study the brick-and-mortar casino operations in Louisiana
and to report its findings prior to the convening of the 2025 Regular Session of the
Legislature of Louisiana.
WHEREAS, in 1991, statutes were enacted to legalize and regulate gaming in the
state of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, gaming revenue has long been a substantial part of Louisiana's
economy, generating seven hundred sixty-four million nine hundred fifty-one thousand two
hundred seventy-nine dollars in revenue for the state in Fiscal Year 2022-2023 alone; and
WHEREAS, Part I of Chapter 10 of Title 27 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of
1950 created the "Louisiana Sports Wagering Act" and allows certain casinos to provide for
in-person sports wagering at a retail sports book within a sports wagering lounge; and
WHEREAS, R.S. 27:270 provides for the allocation of gaming revenue derived from
casino gaming operations towards enumerated educational funds.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the House Committee on
Administration of Criminal Justice, or a subcommittee thereof, to study the brick-and-mortar
casino operations in Louisiana and receive information from the casino industry, Louisiana
Gaming Control Board, operators of brick-and-mortar casinos in Louisiana, and any other
relevant stakeholders regarding all of the following:
(1) The taxation challenges that negatively impact the Louisiana gaming market's
ability to remain competitive among neighboring states and dissuade new investment and
reinvestment in existing properties.
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(2) The factors that impact the casino operators' decisions regarding reinvestment
to brick-and-mortar facilities in Louisiana and what would incentivize investments similar
to what has been pursued in other large gaming markets in the range of one hundred million
dollars.
(3) The substantive reinvestment projects undertaken by each casino operator into
their brick-and-mortar facilities over the last ten years and each operator's current and future
projects, to assess possible taxation remedies that will equitably aid brick-and-mortar
operators and bring the highest possible benefit to the state.
(4) The business relationships between brick-and-mortar operators and out-of-state
companies without a physical presence in Louisiana from the following perspectives:
(a) The priorities and requirements of the brick-and-mortar operators.
(b) The considerations of out-of-state entities when deciding whether or not to
operate in Louisiana.
(5) The feasability of methods to encourage capital investment in brick-and-mortar
casinos by examining innovations in technology, emerging forms of gaming, and how other
successes were achieved in other large gaming markets.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House Committee on Administration of
Criminal Justice, or a subcommittee thereof, shall report its findings to the Louisiana
Legislature prior to the convening of the 2025 Regular Session of the Legislature of
Louisiana.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that one print copy and one electronic copy of any
report produced pursuant to this Resolution shall be submitted to the David R. Poynter
Legislative Research Library as required by R.S. 24:772.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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